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1. Capabilities
2. Quick set up
3. Expert tricks
4. Competition
5. Links for further development
6. See also

SunVox is a modular tracker for Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS, PalmOS, and Windows Mobile created by Alexander Zolotov, also known by his alias NightRadio.
It can be found at their website

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Capabilities

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• Modular synthesis with a wide variety of built-in synthesisers and effects, including waveform, sample-based and FM synthesis for generators, and echo, filter and vocal filter effects.
• Unconentional user interface that allows easy mapping between instruments, effects, and sound ouput.
• Support for additional modules.
• Realtime sample and note recording.
• MIDI, XM and MOD importing.
• MIDI and multitrack WAV export.
• Many supported operating systems, even including portable devices!!

Format Creation




Software in italics are recommended.
Output filetypes in bold are acceptable for submission on BotB.

Format Playback




Software in italics are recommended.

Quick set up

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Download here: SunVox donload

Configuration
Configuration depending on platform. For Windows it's an easy unzip & run.
Preferences are in icon in top left of window.

You'll start with a dialogue asking for desired theme coloring. Choose and change if you want, 'cancel' to continue.

Composing
File menu is in top left of window, pattern editor on the right.

Modules are inserted by right-clicking. Double clicking the module gives you its properties to edit.

Expert tricks

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FM bell:
- Make FM instrument, set carrier and modulator attacks to 0, set C.Mul to 1 and M.Mul to 5 (adjust these to suit), set feedback to 16 and M.Vol to 8, make adjustments as you feel appropriate.
- Feed into a Filter (LPF mode) with about a 3000Hz cutoff.
- Feed into Vibrato with about 5 amplitude.
- Feed into an LFO with about 90 (2d00) power and about 200 (0c72) freq.
- Feed into a Flanger with a long delay and some extra feedback.
- Feed into a Delay for extra stereo.
- Feed into an Echo.

Strings / Brass:
- Make analogue generator, set to saw (strings) OR use dirty and an exponential pinch waveform (brass - will require extra tweaking!). Adjust attack and decay to suit.
- Feed into Vibrato with about 50 (0311) freq.
- Feed into Vibrato with about 5 amplitude.
- Feed into Reverb with 0 dry, 100% wet, and about 70 (4600) room width.

Competition

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- Sunvox (format)

Links for further development

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Developer seems to work by himself, contact is possible through his website

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See also

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All related Lyceum articles:
referencing to:
- sunvox (format)
referenced from:
- sunvox (format)
- List of trackers
_{Should be mentioned in tracker too}